The windmills of my mind

Good morning – I shall be missing all of the market jollifications today as I am being taken away for my birthday – don’t ask - so I should have a fun day, even if you don’t. Before I left the office last night, I suddenly started to hum the tune of “The Windmills of Your Mind”, written by Frenchman Michel Legrand but with the English lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman.

The fact that it was the theme song for one of the greatest caper movies of all times, “The Thomas Crown Affair” starring Steve McQueen, is not the point but as we face the Eurozone crisis, the lyrics seem to sum up so much of what is going on in politics, the markets and in our heads: